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poundage |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poundage \Pound"age\, n. 1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission. 2. A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more [Eng.] --Blackstone. 3. (Law) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound. --Burrill. Bouvier. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poundage \Pound"age\, v. t. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poundage \Pound"age\, n. [See 3d {Pound}.] 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. 2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: poundage n : placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: {impoundment}, {impounding}, {internment}]
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